NIRSpec Engineering Test Unit (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

NIRSpec Engineering Test Unit

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The NIRSpec Engineering Test Unit was provided by the European Space Agency, with EADS-Astrium GmbH as Prime Contractor. NIRSpec will be the principal spectrographic instrument on board the Webb telescope.

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EADS Astrium

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